# jokin
## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* jk (abbreviation, chiefly in dictionaries)

### Etymology

Pronoun stem jo- (see joka) + enclitic particle -kin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjokin/, [ˈjo̞k̟in]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -okin
* Hyphenation: jo‧kin

### Pronoun

jokin
* (indefinite) something
    Vaivaako sinua jokin?Is something bothering you?
    Nyt tarvittaisiin vasara tai jotain.Now we need a hammer or what have you.

### Determiner

jokin
* (indefinite) some, one, a
    jollakin tavalla ― somehow, someway (or another), in some way (or another), (in) one way or another, by some means

#### Usage notes

* In colloquial Finnish, the forms of jokin (used to refer to non-human things in the standard language) and joku (used to refer to humans in the standard language) have merged, especially when used as modifiers (for example joku mies / joku pöytä (“some man / some table”), joku meistä / joku niistä pöydistä (“one of us / one of the tables”). In referring to both humans and non-human things, joku is used as a modifier in everyday speech and writing in the nominative singular (joku) and genitive singular (jonkun) and the nominative and accusative plural (jotkut), but the forms of jokin are used in all other grammatical cases to refer to both humans and non-human things. When used alone, not as modifiers, the forms of joku and jokin are however usually still distinguished, even in everyday speech, in the nominative singular/plural, genitive singular and the partitive singular/plural. This is shown by the following examples of colloquial usage:
    joku mies / jollekin miehelle ― some man / to some man
    joku pöytä / jollekin pöydälle ― some table / onto some table
    and the following examples of formal (standard language) usage:
    joku mies / jollekulle miehelle ― some man / to some man
    jokin pöytä / jollekin pöydälle ― some table / onto some table

#### Declension

The case suffixes are regular: only the first part jo- is declined; the enclitic particle -kin doesn't change its form and comes after the case ending. Some cases have parallel forms without the -k-. The instructive and abessive cases are extremely rarely or never used. The sublative, lative, and causative forms are used as adverbs.
Declension of jokin
noun case
singular
pluraladverbial form
singular
plural
nominative
jokin
jotkinsuperessive
genitive
jonkin
joidenkin joittenkindelative
partitive
jotakin jotain
joitakin joitainsublative
jonnekin
accusative
jokin jonkin
jotkinlative
joskin
inessive
jossakin jossain
joissakin joissaintemporal
elative
jostakin jostain
joistakin joistaincausative
jotenkin
illative
johonkin
joihinkinmultiplicative
adessive
jollakin jollain
joillakin joillaindistributive
ablative
joltakin joltain
joiltakin joiltaintemp. dist.
allative
jollekin
joillekinprolative
essive
jonakin jonain
joinakin joinainsituative
translative
joksikin
joiksikinoppositive
abessive
(jottakin)
(joittakin)
instructive
(joinkin)
comitative
(joinekin) :
These abbreviations are mainly used in dictionaries.
| Case | Form | Abbreviation |
| Nominative singular | jokin | jk |
| Genitive singular | jonkin | jnk |
| Partitive singular | jotakin | jtak |
| Inessive singular | jossakin | jssak |
| Elative singular | jostakin | jstak |
| Illative singular | johonkin | jhk |
| Adessive singular | jollakin | jllak |
| Ablative singular | joltakin | jltak |
| Allative singular | jollekin | jllek |
| Essive singular | jonakin | jnak |
| Translative singular | joksikin | jksik |

#### Derived terms

* jonkin aikaa
* jonkin verran
* jonnekin
* jotenkin
* jonkinasteinen
* jonkinlaatuinen
* jonkinlainen
* jonkinmoinen
* jonkinnäköinen
* jonkinvertainen

#### Related terms

* joka
* joku
* jompikumpi

### See also

* eräs
* yksi

### Further reading

* “jokin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02